Money Flows

Catherine E. De Vries is Dean for International Affairs and Professor of Political Science at Bocconi University. At Bocconi, she is also a Research Associate at the Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy. Previously, she held professorships at the University of Oxford and Essex as well as visiting posts at University of California at Los Angeles, University of Mannheim, and University of Vienna. Catherine's work can be broadly situated in the areas political behaviour, political economy and EU politics. Her work has appeared in leading political science journals, such as the American Political Science Review, Annual Review of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics. She has published several books.David Doyle is a Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Hugh's College. He is also a member of the Latin American Centre. His general research and teaching interests include comparative politics and comparative political economy. He is currently working on a number of projects. These include a project on taxation and tax morale in Latin America and a project on the political effects of migrant remittances. His research has appeared in journals such as the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science and Comparative Political Studies, among others.Hector Solaz is a Lecturer in the Department of Social and Political Sciences of Bocconi University since January 2020. His main research interests lie within behavioral science and political economy. He mainly uses lab experimental methods to study the economic and political implications and foundations of behavioral phenomena. In particular, he focuses on the determinants of cooperation in collective actions, the emergence and enforcement of social norms, and the role of behavioral biases on voting. His work has appeared in journals such as the American Political Science Review, Annual Review of Political Science or PLOS One.Katerina Tertytchnaya is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations and Brasenose college, University of Oxford. She has received the 2019 best dissertation prize in elections and political representation from the Political Studies Association. Her research has been funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the National Science Foundation, and the British Academy/ Leverhulme Trust; published in the top journals of political science, including the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, and World Politics; and referenced in media outlets including the CNN, The Washington Post, and the BBC.

Money Flows steps beyond questions of how remittances and social remittances impact left-behind communities by brilliantly investigating how remittance flows generate political distortions in developing states.

• 1: The Importance of Remittance Flows 2: Remittances and Political Accountability 3: Migrant Remittances and their Recipients 4: Remittances and Economic Evaluations 5: Remittances and Corruption 6: Remittances and Interactions with the State 7: Remittances and Government Approval 8: Final Remarks